Unobtrusive point-in-time consistent copies
Patent 7133884 Issued on November 7, 2006. Estimated Expiration Date: 
November 26, 2023. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
November 26, 2023. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.InventorsApplicationNo. 10723677 filed on 11/26/2003US Classes:707/202, Recoverability711/162, Backup707/203, Version management711/154, Control technique707/204, Archiving or backup714/7, Reconfiguration (e.g., adding a replacement storage component)717/168SOFTWARE UPGRADING OR UPDATINGExaminersPrimary: Le, UyenAttorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassG06F 17/00AbstractTechniques to create physically and transactionally consistent copies of one or more database objects without impacting the availability of the target database objects are described. In one technique, a consistent copy is created as of the time a copy utility is executed. In another technique, a consistent copy is created as of an arbitrary specified time. This approach modifies a prior copy to bring it “up-to-date.” In yet another technique, a consistent copy is created by starting with a current snapshot of the target database objects and selectively removing updates from it back to a user specified arbitrary point-in-time. Each of the described techniques generate consistent copies of the target database objects without blocking users from accessing the target objects during the copy operation. | |
